Weight savings combined with high performance

Boosting sustainability by lightweighting closures while maintaining performance and structural integrity Beverage brand owners and/or packaging manufacturers are working to reduce the impacts their businesses have on the environment. The motivations for these efforts can legislative, or to better align with the values of their stakeholders (e.g. ESG compliance). Husky’s beverage

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Navigating the transition

In an era marked by evolving standards and sustainability imperatives, the shift towards new cap and neck formats can be a daunting challenge for producers. Balancing innovation with the need to protect investments requires a strategic approach. Sacmi asserts that a seamless, profitable, and future-proof transition is achievable through a triad

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New challenges in sport caps making

Attention to the environment, complex closures and ergonomics: the caps manufacturers are more and more raising the bar in their new developments. In this scenario, the Italian company Maca Engineering offers a complete range of automatic machines and systems for the production and assembly of aluminium and plastic caps and closures.

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Compact feeding solution

Intravis GmbH presents a new, space-saving solution for feeding closures to an inspection unit. Bunker and feeder are combined on a very small footprint with the same performance as before. Intravis has been known primarily for its vision inspection systems for the quality control of plastic packaging. In recent years, however,

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Consistent cap quality – Calibrated and validated in-line inspection

For over two decades, IMD has dedicated itself to expanding and optimising in-line and off-line inspection systems for beverage closures. Throughout this period, technological advances have shaped the landscape. The fundamental principle, however, has endured – the operator’s precise setup of the inspection system remains pivotal in guaranteeing closure quality before

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Closing the loop on bottle caps – Greenpath and Tomra pioneer mechanical sorting solution for separating polyolefins by polymer type and colour

The full-service recycler, processor and manufacturer Greenpath has partnered with Tomra Recycling Sorting to install and optimise a plastic flake sorting production line designed specifically to identify and separate polyolefin caps from carbonated and non-carbonated beverage bottles. Greenpath’s vision is to create the same type of effective recycling system for bottle

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